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Rouguy Faye Born in Paris and raised in Senegal, model Rouguy Faye was drawn to modelling as way to discover the world. For this issue, she found herself on the South Coast of New South Wales, dressed in Chanel for ‘Peak season’ (page 88). “The location made you want to breathe deeply, take off your shoes and run towards the sea,” she says. Faye compares her experience walking runways for brands including Schiaparelli, Balenciaga and Valentino, where everything is in service of the clothes, to the atmosphere of a photo shoot. “The clothing is placed in a real environment,” she explains, “and it has to move with the model’s life. I often move as if the clothes were my own.” Rudi Lewis Hairstylist Rudi Lewis’s first Vogue Australia shoot saw…

Australian actor Milly Alcock is set to light up screens this month as the star of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, but behind the scenes of her first Australian Vogue cover shoot she exuded laid-back charm. On a warm and sunny spring day in London, where the 26-year-old is currently based, she joined photographer Lachlan Bailey, a fellow Australian, and a crew, including stylist George Cortina, who were immediately won over by her calm, down-to-earth nature. Arriving at the stunning Victorian-era The Columbia hotel on her own, casually dressed and with tousled hair, Alcock brought a natural look that shaped the day’s styling – a youthful, ‘undone’ mood that made a captivating contrast to designer clothes and high-end jewellery by luxury houses such as Cartier and Givenchy.…

COUNTER BALANCE Asymmetry tips the scales in the right direction this season. Angled hems, spliced evening dresses and one-shoulder tops are all subtle ways to reveal some skin, adding an unexpected edge when cut off-centre. FULL PELT In a world that sometimes requires resolve to navigate, leather has become pseudo armour, moving beyond predictable jackets to pants, trenches and tops in an array of colours. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit of the best leather jackets. KNEES UP Tall winter boots are all-pervasive, so stay one step ahead in coloured, printed and suede versions. Ladylike kitten heels lend polish to every look. Scan the QR code to shop Vogue’s edit. CRUSHED IT Shorthand for bygone elegance with a bohemian streak, velvet makes a romantic return in fluid draping…

Fashion’s obsession with youth is a perennial topic of conversation. But in 2026, the influence of gen Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – is everywhere. Exhibit A: Gucci autumn/winter ’26/’27. As designer Demna’s full runway show for the brand, it featured a cast that included non-runway gen Z models, among them Australian influencers Elisha and Renee Herbert, rapper Fakemink and social media personality Vivian Jenna Wilson. At the autumn/winter shows, Sophie Wilde, 28, and Chase Infiniti, 26, sat front row at Dior and Louis Vuitton as new ambassadors for their respective houses. At Coachella in April, Dior dressed gen Z superstars Ethel Cain and Sabrina Carpenter for their sold-out sets – a rare move for a heritage house. Meanwhile, emerging designers are entering the big league: among…

Prepare to hear the name Adéla more in 2026. The singer – full name Adéla Jergová – was born in Bratislava, Slovakia and trained as a classical ballerina. At 19, she appeared on the 2023 web series Dream Academy, which culminated in the formation of the girl group phenomenon Katseye. Although she was eliminated from the show, life in Los Angeles laid the groundwork for a solo career on her own terms, driven by boldness, talent and undeniable star power. In 2024, she released her first singles, ‘Homewrecked’ and ‘Superscar’. Both are on her EP The Provocateur, which came out last year. Earlier in 2026, she was the support act on Demi Lovato’s tour, and in April, she released new single ‘KGB’, all ahead of a debut album expected later…

Across several spring days in the centre of Milan, Villa Necchi Campiglio’s usually spare Rationalist architecture was transformed, shimmering with rare stones, dazzling jewellery and haute horlogerie. The stark contrast to architect Piero Portaluppi’s rigorous lines of 1930s minimalism hinted at the central theme of Bulgari’s newest high jewellery collection, Eclettica: a convergence of disparate influences unified by the Italian jeweller’s bold language. The villa – well known among aesthetes as the enigmatic setting for Luca Guadagnino’s 2009 film I Am Love, and a beacon of Milanese design daring – is itself an eclectic’s dream. Having undergone restorations in the years after it was built, it layers clashing Art Deco languor, the conspicuous lavishness of 18th-century decorative arts and brash Italian modernism into a surprisingly harmonious whole. That evening, at…

Maximilian Büsser could be described as the godfather of independent watchmaking. Having launched his watch brand MB&F in 2005, he regards the field as the soul of the industry. “Small independents like us live to create,” says Büsser, whose brand received a 25 per cent investment from Chanel in 2024. “We only create what makes us proud and this usually means getting out of our comfort zone.” Büsser has collaborated on his futuristic-looking time “machines” with everyone from Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, creative director of watches at Bulgari, to fellow watchmakers and artists – the brand stands for Maximilian Büsser & Friends after all. The watch industry is something of a paradox: dominated by luxury conglomerates such as Swatch Group and Richemont, which own numerous timepiece brands, yet also led by…

CLAY HATTAM, FASHION DESIGNER Urban romanticism, a recasting of traditional menswear shapes through everyday touchpoints, and innocent playfulness colour Clay Hattam’s collections. The latter can be traced to a childhood in which creativity reigned. “Art books and scrawled-upon pictures have long been the placemats for our family meals,” the Australian-born 25-year-old recalls. “I hope that my work evokes feelings parallel to those childhood dinner discussions.” Now based in London, the Central Saint Martins (CSM) graduate brings that intuitive creativity to his designs. Pieces such as a blazer with a pageboy cap affixed like a motif to the back and a shirt with a parachute reworked into a jabot aren’t bound to rigid references – Hattam designs instinctively. He’s also influenced by some of Australia’s best-known figurative painters. “Arthur Boyd and…

Catherine Laga‘aia moves through Yo-Chi at great speed. Two swirls of frozen yoghurt - one chocolate, one mango - a spoonful of strawberries and some mini M&M’s and she’s done in 60 seconds. Outside the Surry Hills store, on a Friday afternoon in April, she waits patiently while I catch up. “I’m a pro,” she says, grinning. Laga‘aia’s inner Sydney high school was near one of Yo-Chi’s many locations and she frequently stopped in after class. That was two years ago, before she was cast, after an exhaustive search, as Moana in the live-action remake of the animated franchise beloved by every child on Earth. On her first day on set, Laga‘aia sat her HSC English trial exams - remotely, at six in the morning. “And then I went to…